Yorick vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Yorick
based on 1,041 Yorick vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Gnar
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
Advice to Win Against Gnar
Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.
Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.
Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.
Yorick vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Yorick in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some significant Yorick versus Gnar matchup statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gnar..
Yorick typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gnar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yorick and Gnar
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Who is Better, Yorick or Gnar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yorick usually wins when facing off against Gnar, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Yorick makes a good counter for Gnar.
While Yorick does have a higher win rate than Gnar, when facing one another, Yorick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Yorick into Gnar.
Furthermore, Yorick also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Gnar matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Yorick is an above average counter for Gnar. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Yorick to counter Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Gnar. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Yorick versus Gnar build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Yorick bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Gnar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Yorick had an average win rate of 52.8% when countering Gnar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Gnar as Yorick, Yorick players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Yorick vs Gnar fights, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.8% win rate overall.
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